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Old 02-14-2003, 07:12 AM
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I have the issue at home...I read it over a week ago and don't remember the details, but the gist of it is that there is a guy who was living in Southern Wisconsin, I think, who says his name is Ken Miles. I don't recall if Yates says the guy actually claims to be THE Ken Miles, or if that is Yates' implication. The whole thing is ridiculous--suggestions that Ford announced Miles' death and squirreled him away for 35 years, detailed discussion about how the supposed KM's earlobes appear different from Miles' earlobes in pictures, etc. It's really a shoddy attempt at humor, at the expense of a man who was hugely respected in the racing community, and hugely responsible for the success ultimately achieved by the GT40 program. Having read Yates for years in the pages of C and D I'm sure it was an innocent attempt to discuss a farcical claim, but it still made me angry, probably because I've heard the descriptions of the wreckage--
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